RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The LA Galaxy took some time from the grind of the playoff hunt on Friday to hit the links at Trump International Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes for the Galaxy Foundation Golf Tournament.

The tournament allowed the players to interact with fans and team sponsors alike and allowed several to test their own skills out on the links—yes even me, but we won’t get into that just yet. Throughout the day, I was driving around in a golf cart taking in the sights and sounds of the event, below is just a small snippet of all the fun.

Klinsmann added Brad Davis, Clarence Goodson and Chris Wondolowski to the squad while also removing Johnson from the squad due to a left groin strain suffered in training on Wednesday. He is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Thursday. With the additions, the squad is now at 22 players ahead of their matches against Jamaica on Friday and Panama on Oct. 15.

Think these additions lead to Landon Donovan returning to the LA Galaxy after the USMNT’s match against Jamaica?

The race for playoff berths in the wild, wild, Western Conference will go down to the wire.

No teams qualified for the postseason on Wednesday as Vancouver Whitecaps FC smashed second place Seattle Sounders FC 4-1 at CenturyLink Field powered by a hat trick by Kekuta Manneh. With the result, the Whitecaps keep their dreams of the postseason on life support as they sit just three points behind a playoff berth. Speaking of keeping hopes alive, the Earthquakes moved to within one point of a fifth place with a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids as Chris Wondolowski notched his seventh game-winning-goal of the season.

With Wednesday’s results, the gap between West leaders Real Salt Lake and sixth place San Jose is just points. The LA Galaxy currently sit four points behind first place RSL with a game in hand. As for the gap between fourth place and the seventh spot? Just three points.

Out in the Eastern Conference, Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo played to a cagey scoreless draw. Sporting are now one point behind Supporters’ Shield leaders New York Red Bulls for the top spot in the league—and the East.

Landon Donovan is on the brink of breaking Jeff Cunningham’s all-time MLS regular season goal scoring record, but what does the man whose mark is about be broken think of the LA Galaxy forward’s accomplishment.

“If you know my background, I grew up in Jamaica playing barefoot. My goal was to play professional. And now you’re asking me, interviewing me about being the all-time leading scorer, in a league that has produced many great players,” said Cunningham to Bradley. “And now I’m going to be passed by one of the best players in US soccer history. That’s a pretty good story. I’m proud of where I am, and what I’ve accomplished. I’m honored. To be asked these questions, to be mentioned alongside Landon Donovan, I’m humbled.”

But does Cunningham any words for Donovan as he prepares to pass him on the league’s all-time goal scoring chart?

“Landon, Landon, Landon ... you have every record in the US. Why couldn’t you just let me have this one?” Cunningham joked.

“No, really, I’m honored to be up there with him. I think the world of him and for me to be mentioned with him, that’s not too shabby, my friend."

"The Football Association of Ireland today confirmed that Noel King has responded this afternoon to the manager of LA Galaxy, Bruce Arena, to inform him that he has decided not to release Robbie Keane and trusts that he understands the position, having been an international manager himself," the FAI said in a statement. "Bruce Arena had requested that the release of Robbie Keane be considered after the Germany match and before the international match against Kazakhstan in Dublin on October 15."

CARSON, Calif. – Omar Gonzalez will not be heading out on international duty with the U.S. National Team, but could the LA Galaxy get Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane back before next Wednesday’s game against the Montreal Impact?

“They're well aware of the fact that we'd like to bring the players back,” Arena said, who reiterated that the decision is in the hands of their respective national team coaches. “We've been in contact. We know what we're doing there. We didn't make a decision, but we in a timely fashion have requested to see if the players could return.”

Conference semifinals: November 2-3 and 6-7 (home and home series hosted with the higher seed hosting the second leg. Scoring based on aggregate goals. No. 1 seed playing the Knockout Round winner while the No. 2 seed plays No. 3)

Conference finals: November 9-10 and 23-24 (home and home series hosted with the higher seed hosting the second leg. Scoring based on aggregate goals. Higher seed hosts second leg. Two-week break between games due to FIFA international window)

MLS Cup: December 7 (hosted by team with best record in the regular season)